Improvement in baskets



of each series.

"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LANSING MARBLE, OF VASSAR, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND TOVVNSEND NORTH, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT iN. BASKETS.

Specification-forming part of Letters Patent No. 34,088, dated January 7, 1862.

. .ing drawings, making a part of this specifica` Figure lisa vertical central section of my invention, taken in the line x ar, Fig. 2;4 Fig. 2, a horizontal section of the same, taken inA the line gz/ y, Fig. 1; Fig. ,3, a section of the top hoop and one of the handles thereof, taken in the line z a, Fig. 1.

.. Similar letters of Areference indicate corresponding parts in the several 'figures l 1 This invention' relates to an improvement-in the construction of splint baskets for the use of farmers vand others-and is designed to supersede the ordinary woven splint baskets by obtaining greater' durability and strength combined with lightness.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and constructmy invention, I will proceed to describe it. Y Y splints, which may be of any proper wood and of sufficient A A' represent two series of length to admit oi' being-bent and form the sides and bottom of the basket, ,each splint v.extendingfrom side to side and having-its ends secured between the top hoops, a a, by nails or rivets '11. rlhe splints Av A', are each made of double taper form, gradually nar- 'rowing from their tops toward their` centers,

asshown clearly in Fig. 2. The two series of splints overlap eachgother, as shown in Fig.

2,- spaces c being allowed between the splints The. central portions yof the spliutsa're bent upward, so as to forni a coni cal bottom, B, a rivet-bolt, d, passing through the splintsat their point of intersection, C C are two hoops, whichare placed one within and the other at the outcrside of the cal. `from side to side, ladmit ot' the basket being basket. VThese hoops are placed o ne directly ov er the other, and they are secured in proper position with fthe splints between them by means of nails or rivets e. rl"he hoops C C encompass the conical bottom B, keeping tie same in proper form,and the lower or outer hoop, O, serves as a protection for the bottom Y. of the basket, said hoop resting on the floor or ground. 1 D is a hoop which encompasses the basket (See Fig. l.) l

at a pointabout half its height. Thehoop D is secured on the basket by nails or rivets f, which are driven through the hoop vD and splints A A and clinched. i

E E represent two handles. which are conf structed of metal rods g g, bent in semicirenlar l or an approximate form, as shown in Fig'. 1.. The lower ends 'of the rods g g are eachin sertedin ,a -metal socket or clip, h. Thesev vsockets or clips are fitted over the top hoops,-

a a, as show-n clearly in Fig. 3and are se- -cur'ed thereto'by nails or rivets i.

of the rods gare riveted-in the socketsor clips, as shown at j lin Fig. 3. The socketsfor clips h serve to keep the hoops a a firmly clamped together, as well asserving asa means' for securing the handiesto the basket.

The basket, constructed as shownand dei-*- scribed', is exceedingly durable and economi.- The continuons splints A A', extendlng expeditiously made and give it great strength.

' Having thus described my invention, I claim as 'new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As an vimproved article of manufacture, a basket formed of two series of overlapping splints, A A', ext-ending from side to side,4 secured byhoops and r'ivets,.and having a coni cal bottom, B, with central bolt or rivet d,

and otherwise made, substantially as herein yshown and described.

LANSlNG- MARBIM.. NVitnesses:

JAMns H. Bacon',

Giras Gnarls.

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